Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-07-23
Foreign Correspondence.

yate letters duriug their travels in Eu.
rope. The following Is fom the frs
letter OF Miss NagHieto her mother.
STEAM SNIP ETHIOPIA,
june "lst. 1887.
have often remarked that the most
striking feature ofan ocean voyage was
its seeming uninterrupted m%onotonH
but when | begin TO write about IT
find so mauy things to say that hard
~ know where 10 begin or what To
leave oil. But presume there is liz
lie danger OF Hearying you with de-
tails, so long rs they concern Vickie
and myself.
Our entire party met, for tho first
time. on ship board the morning OF
the nth ult.
They are as follows: Rev. Mr.. Cum,
ming>. n Presbyterian minister OF
Nichsburg; his cousin. Miss Rankin,
and a little nephew three years OF age,
who are going to ireland on a wears
visit to the parents of Mr.. c.; Miss FL
len Martin, of Natchcz; Miss Annie
Wells. of Little Rock; Misses Brown
and Scuddcr, of Memphis, and Vickie
and myself will make the tour aud re-
turn together. Two conference.-the.
Prathor and Mr.. Gibbon~friends of
Miss Wells, will he with us during
our trip through Scotland and Eng
land. .
We left New York on Saturday at
$3.50 o'clock a. m. and were out of sight
OF land. upon the broad bosom of the
Atlantic. about 5 O'Clock p. m. The
day was bright and cloudleSs, and the
sea as calm and quiet as an inland
pond, vet Mt 6 o'clock when dinner was
announced, the table was u~poccnplad
and every one of our party had gone
ia bed, sca-sick. except Mr.. Cummings
and myself. Next day. we two were
all of our party v%isiblc-tEc others
were in their statc-roOms, heartily dis.
eustcd with sea voyages, and protest
inc that nothing made their situation
endurable except the anticipation OF
pleasures that awaited them on tie
Othcf sldc VI t'c A''"n''c, Nv!
greatly regretted that we mad not Sc,
lccted a swifter vessel. and several of
them doubted their ability to survive
until we reached the other shore. The
second day Mr.. Cummings succumhed,
after a manly and proiracteu resist
ancc. lie would not retire 'o ms room
but sat in a chair on deck. afraid to
move or talk, the picture OF wrctchoo'
ness. My symptthies Tor my suffering
companions were greatly aroused ou'
| could render them ou' l1'''e s''nI'an,
tial assistance. 1T IS strange tha' oo
not have the slightest lwlhgc OF Sc"'
sickness in its ordinary form, o"' .
headache which had. was pronounce
a manifestation OF the trouble ov ln'
knowing ones; to me IT was prec'sc'!
like those haye often had.
On Monday Ill were on; a portion O
thc d,v. though feeling weak and ncr
vous Tuesday evening we spent TO,
ccthcr. on deck. cuioving the beautifu
pllOsphorcscent lights on the ocean
Thev nrc pcculiorly strange, and inter
cstinc beyond any phenomena OF The
con I have ever observed. From tho
siIcs and ends of the shin there seem t
noat ont n white, opalcscent clout
studded with brilliant stars that burn
and die in ropid succession.
Wednesday morning we came in con
,ont vi,b r,thor brisk breeze, that tht
s%a;lors "oI, = No.4 They grade III,
,w;nIs trnm D to 10 DurinG This da,
thn Iorl on1 dinjno.tahlns were de
s"rtcI and . moo" sufferer was seen t,
noon ont now and thcn. only TO rlsl
hnoci, Whom thc first imnulse of A hug.
wnyo ,y,s fclt, The sea was not wha
!, c,r,c1 ronn,, bv any mean
oo,,,1 mnir on IGr; with nerfec
ooso.hnt Moro was considerable. req
n,or s,rc,) with an occasional loroe
wave. unlcr ne influence OF which on
shin felt and looked as itit were strik
inc tor the regions below. But eli
loved the situation, as the sun shon
bright and beautiful, with no indica
ton Of A storm.
"Wednesday night we encountered
fog that lasted most Of the tollowini
day. We heard the tog.horn all nigh'
and n mournfnl. melancholy sound
is. Cant. Wilson says, If there is on
thing that will make q seaman swca
louder and longer than anything clst
IL is n dense fog.
This is a Scotch line, and the CAY
tain is a Scotchman from Ayr, Il
home of Burns. Wick and | sit at hi
table, and he is very kind, never seen
ing to tire in answering our numorou
questions, explaining things pertain
ing to navigation, and showing u
around the ship.
Thursday was another pretty da
and everybody was on deck feclln
better, and inclined TO be sociabl,
Now began the reign of "Shnfllt
Board,' and for two days we playf
without interruption. rYccni for meal
ms game is something Ike pitclin
iollars. only YOU shove the wooGc
disk with a long stick tlattcncd nj "
"nl instead of throwing them. VIII
nl.,iny Shumc.boarl. formed sen
n'rrsant acQuaintanccs among the pa
,rrgcrs. Among ,hcm were n youn
Erg'i,hran anl Il gentlrman from II
iiau,. who have remained with %!
,artv mos, ofthc time. The former
indeed, Il genuine Euglishman, of III
Kind we read about, vino saws "hc
pardon" at every turn, prccclcs rar
personal remark with "cNrusc me-" a